The perils of unilateral tagging
By Tales from a Curious Traveller
Saturday, February 6
One of the most popular features on Facebook is tagging, as in posting a photograph and posting labels on the photo indicating who is depicted in it.
Read more »

Missed connections
By The Subway Chronicles
Monday, February 1
Some years ago, a co-worker had accompanied a friend as moral support to a band audition. My co-worker, M, saw a lovely-looking guy exiting the audition room with a saxophone. She worked up the nerve to introduce herself and they chatted about random things: the weather, the L train, the Beatles vs. the Stones, and then the friend was called to perform. During the hubbub, they went their separate ways and never exchanged phone numbers. This is not an unusual story, except for what happens next.
Read more »

Of private desire and enigmas...
By Tales from a Curious Traveller
Saturday, January 30
Where secrecy and affection meet...
Read more »

American education: Down the drains?
Friday, January 29
Super expensive college tuition, public  high schools operating like drop-out factories, and students struggling to complete high school. The American education system has been in the news recently for its failures. But still, why would thousands of students from around the world do anything to get a chance to attend an American university? Something to think about.
Read more »

» Of cobblestones and October rain...

» Haiti media coverage: Too emotional?

» Love and marriage, Filipino-style

» Poems on wandering...away and home

» Hope for Haiti

» Boxers or briefs?

» The trouble with "ethnicities"